Furniture support



pri 2o, 1943.

E.B. MORGAN 2,317,077

FURNITURE SUPPORT Filed July 2l, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l April 20 1943.,

E. E. MQRGAN FURNITURE SUPPORTl Filed July 21,1941

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 l'zwjnfmlyan izatented Apr. 20, 1943 FURNITURE SUPPORTErving B. Morgan,

Grand Rapids, Mich., assigner to American Seating Company, Grand Rapids,Mich., a corporation of New Jersey Application July 21, 1941, Serial No.403,310

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to supports for articles of furniture suchas desk tops, chair seats and the like, and particularly to the bases orfeet of such supports; and its object is to provide improved toe piecesfor such bases or feet and the same in readily assembled combinationtherewith.

This and any other and more specic objects hereinafter appearing areattained by, and the invention iinds preferable embodiment in, theillustrative structure particularly described in the body of thisspecification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational side view of a cornbined desk and seatstructure illustrating my improved support therefor;

Figure 2 is an elevational left hand end view thereof;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan View of a foot of the structure,shown partially in horizontal section taken on line 3-3 of Figures 2 and4;

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same taken online 4 4 of Figures 2 and 3;

Figure 5 is a bottom plan View of a foot of the structure;

Figure 6 is a detail sectional view of certain parts taken on line 6-6of Figure 1;

Figure 7 is a sectional view of certain parts taken on line I-l ofFigures 1 and 6.

In Figures 1 and 2 of these drawings, an elongated tubular support orrod is shown for mounting articles of furniture or the like, as the desktop I and the chair 2. This elongated support has a vertical upperportion 3 (carrying the desk top) or 31 (carrying the chair), ahorizontal lower portion 1I and a portion 5 intermediate said portions 3or 31 and portion 4.

A foot 6 at the left hand end of Figure 1, or 61 at the right hand endthereof, consists of a metal sheet bent downwardly to form apluralitythree in the illustrated construction-of horizontally divergingbranches cross-sectionally arched upwardly (as perhaps best seen inFigure 4). One of said branches 1 embraces said horizontal portion 4 andeach of the other branches I1 is bent adjacent its lower edges 8 to forma socket comprising a pair of opposite grooves 9.

Each of the branches 11 has a toe piece I0 securely held in said socketthereof, this toe piece comprising a horizontalvplate portion II and ashort downwardly extending post portion I2 rigidly mounted on the plateportion as by its shank being thrust through the plates opening I3 andupset or riveted thereon at I4 as seen in Figure 4.

The grooves 9 may, as shown in Figure 3, mutually approach toward thefree end of branches 'Il so that the correspondingly shaped oppositeedges of plate portion II being driven into the socket toward said freeend will tightly engage therein; or the grooves may be formed about theplates edges by bending the lower edge portions I5 inwardly under theplates edges; and the plate may be additionally held in place by weldingsame and the sheet together.

The foot, as shown, has a medial opening Il through which said upperportion 3 passes as shown in Figure 5. The foot is rigidly fastened onthe tubular support as by welding these parts together; and a collar I8may be applied to said upper portion 3 and the surrounding sheet asshown in Figures 1 and 2.

The branches may have longitudinally extending corrugations I9 as shown.

'I'he sides 20 of the back of the chair shown in Figure 1 have inwardlyextending flanges 2i secured on the under side of the chairs seat 22 byupwardly extending screws 23.

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claim is not to belimited to or by details of construction of any particular embodimentthereof illustrated by the drawings or hereinbefore described.

I claim:

A foot for an elongated furniture support of the class described whichhas a vertical upper portion, a horizontal lower portion and a portionintermediate said portions, said foot being rigidly secured on thesupport and consisting of a metallic sheet bent to form a plurality ofcross sectionally arched horizontally diverging branches one of thebranches being secured to said horizontal portion and the other branchesbeing bent inwardly adjacent their lower edges to form sockets, anddownwardly extending toe pieces securely held in the sockets.

ERVING B. MORGAN.

